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Arland, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54004. The Survey maps it on the Arland quadrangle.

Arland within Barron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Arland between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1928330
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018042
5 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1812333
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1841
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020012
21 October 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1832235

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Arland: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Church Road MineSand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac SandUnknownSand
FLS Mine and Wet PlantSand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac SandProducerSand
Thompson Hills Mine and Wet PlantSand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac SandProducer
Arland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barbara Heintz Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
John Sindelar Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Martin Frie Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
P & B Excavating PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yellow River Supply Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Barron County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arland in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Tornado (EF0)Arland-Large branches down. A storm chaser took video and was also reported by fire department officials. The tornado moved across open fields and wooded areas, knocking down large branches. It was not in continuous contact with the ground, but instead made contact several times during the course of its existence.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindArland-A few trees were blown down in Arland.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindArland-A tree toppled.
July 2014HailArland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barron County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Twin Town1.6 miles12
Almena5.4 miles12
Poskin5.9 miles7
Prairie Farm7.3 miles7
Turtle Lake7.4 miles12
Reeve8.8 miles12
Hillsdale8.8 miles7
Comstock10.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560938. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.